Clothes-drier



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n. D .M D H E H .T m 10 TU Patented Aug. 8

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE JOHN FREDERICK SCHMIDT, on BLUE EARTH CITY, MINNESOTA.

CLOTHES-DRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters latent No. 502,913, dated August 8, 1893.

Application filed October 22,1891 Renewed April 10,1893. Serial No. 469.856. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN FREDERICK SCHMIDT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Blue Earth City, in the county of Faribault and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Briers; andI dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in clothes driers and it has for its object to provide a simple and inexpensive apparatus for supporting lines onwhich the clothes can be suspended for drying purposes.

With these ends in view myinventioncon-i' templates a ground box adapted to be sunk.

into the earth, a post fitted in said box and having a socket in its upper end, a cap for" said post to protect the same, awasher in the bottom of said socket and a supporting pole;

carrying radial arms fitted in said socket and adapted to turn easily therein on the washer.

My invention consists further of certain details of construction and arrangement of parts.

as will more fully appear hereinafter.

To enable others to more readily understand my invention, I have illustrated the same in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure I represents an elevation of myinrproved drier with the arms extended, partly in section. Fig. 11 is a view in elevation with the arms folded. Fig. III is a side view of,

one of the arms having the single slots there: in. Fig. IV is a perspective view of thearm having the double slots, and Fig. V is a bot-,

tom plan View of said arm.

Referring to the drawings, in which like letters denote corresponding parts in all the figures, A designates the ground box which may be sunk in the earth or arranged in a suitable box or support as desired, and when the clothes drier is not in use the box is covered in a suitable manner. A post B is ine; serted in an opening'ain' the ground box, and this post forms a firm and solid-base for the and V. 'riesof slots J which extend in a' slanting direction and terminate in an eye j which is ranged on the supporting pole and adapted toslide thereon, and it has-"divided projections f. The arms G and the main arm I" are pivotally secured betweenthe projec- 'tionsf, and the braces E are also pivotally ,secured to the arms at a suitable point, on each side thereof. A rope H is fastened to projecting lips It only one of which is shown on the drawings on opposite sides of the ring F and this rope runs overa pulley h supported on the top of the'pole 0. This rope and the supporting bracesareof such length that when the drier is folded, they will both :remain taut and the rope will serve as amore direct support for the slidable ring;

The clothes line I is composedlof one continuous piece which is run'around the drier through slots in the arms' to the starting point and then reversed, and this is continu ed' until the drier is completed; A knot is first tied in the line and it is then run through a slot 2' in the main arm I, shown in Figs. IV

In each of the other arms is a seout of line with the opening "of said slot. These slots are covered by spring catches 'L' which have their ends turned downward and the lineI can be readily slipped under said end andi'nt'o its proper position in the eye forming a part of each slot. In the main arm I the slots extend diagonally across the arm and have the eyes j above and below the slot to receive the clothes line. The ropestarts from the end of the arm I and runs around the drier back to said .arln, where'i.t-.,passes through the lower'ey'e' 'of 'the slot and dp'w n and'through the upper eye of the next islot below. This operation isjcompleteduntil the clothes line is completely strung. By this arrangement of the slots the line can be ad justed at any time so that the bent portions thereof will notrot, nor can it rust as it is not in contact with any metal, and it can be readily tightened as desired. When the drier has been properly adjusted a pin K is inserted in a hole in the pole beneath the slidable ring, and stops 7c are provided above said band to prevent it from going too high.

I am aware that changes in the form and proportion of parts and details of construction can be made without departing from the spirit or sacrificing the advantages of my invention, and I therefore reserve the right to make such changes as fall within the scope of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a clothes drier, the ground boXA adapted to be sunk into the earth, the post B fitted in said ground box and having the socket b in its upper end, said post and ground box having horizontal openings at the bottom of the sockets therein to permit foreign matter to be discharged, a metallic cap 1) arranged over the upper edge of the post to protect the same, a washer b in the bottom of the socket b and the supporting pole O, carrying the radial arms, fitted in said socket and adapted to turn easily therein on the washer, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

J. FREDERICK SCHMIDT. lVitnesses:

GILES L. SKINNER, ALEX. ANDERSON. 

